The complexity of geo-economic, geopolitical and geostrategic issues (territorial sea’s juridical status and regime, the unsettled debates regarding differentiation procedures and criteria for property and employment, energetic resources transit and export routes, ethnic and inter-confessional conflicts, Azerbaijanis and Armenians tendencies towards secession and regional militarization, the concern for borders and resources security, Asian drug trafficking, terrorists threats, organized crime, sturgeon illegal fishing, environmental problems) which Caspian Sea’s riverside states confront (Russia, Iran, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan), in addition to the outside pressure, influence and action from US, EU, Turkey and China, all these factors have transformed the region into a high risk conflict zone, thus, becoming a major topic in the diplomatic world.
The dispute between the most important power poles – Russia, US, China and EU -, beyond the obvious stake for energetic resources, reveals another important target: Eurasia. The battle for world domination, as foreseen by H. Mackinder in his “Geographical Pivot of History”, has begun. The Caspian region is just another level trophy.
Given the context, the Republic of Azerbaijan, through its geographic positioning and resources plentyness, could play an important role in the outcome of this competition by either making itself a decisive ally or actually becoming a true geostrategic figure.

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